HIXTAPE VOL 1. was one of our favorite albums of 2019, but HIXTAPE VOL. 2 is truly giving it a run for its money. Learn more about the project below.
While volume one of HIXTAPE featured HARDY collaborating with guest artists on each and every song, the new installment of the project showcases the singer-songwriter sharing the spotlight with dozens of other artists teaming up on each individual track. Since Friday, September 10th, HARDY and his team have released one song a week off the one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Songs like “Hometown Boys,” (Matt Stell, Dierks Bentley & HARDY) “Beer Song,” (Lainey Wilson, Chase Rice & Granger Smith) and “Small Town On It” (Chris Lane & Scotty McCreery) have already won over fans.
However, the most highly anticipated song is slated to come out at the end of this week, Friday, December 10th, closing out the stellar project. HARDY collaborates with label-mate Morgan Wallen and Chris Shiflett on a sure to be smash hit!
Check out the full track-list of the fourteen songs below.
HIXTAPE VOL. 2. Track List:
Home Town Boys (feat. Matt Stell, Dierks Bentley & Hardy)
WD-40 4WD (feat. Sean Stemaly, Jimmie Allen & Justin Moore)
In Love With My Problems (feat. Larry Fleet & Jon Pardi)
To Hank (feat. Hardy, Brantley Gilbert & Colt Ford)
Small Town On It (feat. Chris Lane & Scotty McCreery)
Break our Own Damn Heart (feat. Midland & Marty Stuart)
Drink Up (feat. Lee Brice, Randy Houser & Hardy)
Jonesin’ (feat. Ronnie Dunn, Jake Owen & Jake Worthington)
Red Dirt Clouds (feat. David Lee Murphy, Ben Burgess & Ernest)
Beer With My Buddies (feat. Hardy, Josh Thompson & Travis Denning)
One Of Ya’ll (feat. Hardy, Rhett Akins & The Cadillac Three)
I Smoke Weed (feat. Ashland Craft & Brothers Osborne)
Beer Song (feat. Lainey Wilson, Chase Rice & Granger Smith)
Goin’ Nowhere (feat. Hardy, Morgan Wallen & Chris Shiflett)
HIXTAPE VOL. 2 features HARDY and famous friends on twelve original tracks.
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HIXTAPE VOL. 2 is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
Chayce Beckham and Lindsay Ell team up for new Song “Can’t Do Without Me,” out now on all streaming platforms. Learn more about the brand new track here.
American Idol winner Chayce Beckham released his debut song “23” during the finale. Since then, he has been honing his craft as a singer-songwriter, continuing to take the country music industry by storm. Beckham teams up with songstress Lindsay Ell for his newest release, their collaborative track, “Can’t Do Without Me.”
The new song is sultry and steamy – perfect for a duet. Ell brings the soulful component to the song, while Beckham’s gravely vocals are the perfect complement. “Can’t Do Without Me” is both romantic and sexy, a combination that is often hard to master. Moreover, the song draws listeners in to the story and the magic of the duet.
“Baby I’m dying to catch that lighting I only find from your fingertips // I’ve been missing and wishing to feel your kiss // And your hands all on my skin // It won’t be long ’til we are burning up them sheets // And doing all those things that you can’t do without me”
We love a good collaboration! It is exciting to see a new artist like Beckham and a rising artist like Ell bring their voices together for an epic duet.
Chayce Beckham and Lindsay Ell collaborate on their new song “Can’t Do Without Me,” out now.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Chayce Beckham and Lindsay ell releases.
“Can’t Do Without Me” is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Carrie Underwood is giving a gift to fans this holiday season, releasing a surprise digital holiday track called “Stretchy Pants,” out now. Learn about the song below.
Christmas came early this year when Carrie Underwood released a special edition of her acclaimed 2020 holiday album, My Gift, which featured three new tracks. The holiday cheer continued when the superstar dropped a surprise digital track.
“Stretchy Pants”, an upbeat, catchy bop about wearing loose clothing to accommodate eating during the holidays. The comedic song was released on streaming platforms with an accompanying cartoon music video.
In addition to being an earworm, the song is also giving back to the community. A portion of proceeds from streams and downloads of ‘Stretchy Pants’ will benefit The Store, a Nashville-based organization started by Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley to provide nutritious and varied food options to families in need.
It’s likely ‘Stretchy Pants’ will not make the setlist when Underwood heads to Vegas next month to headline her first residency, Reflection, but it certainly gives fans a different side of the country queen to enjoy as the holiday season begins.
Fans can listen to ‘Stretchy Pants’ and watch the music video at stretchypantssong.com
Carrie Underwoods releases brand new surprise track, “Stretchy Pants,” out now.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Carrie Underwood releases.
“Stretchy Pants” is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
Taylor Swift released her second re-recorded album, Red (Taylor’s Version). Listen to reimagined new record here.
Known for being one of the best “breakup” albums, Red (Taylor’s Version) is 30 tracks filled with heartbreak. Similar to Fearless (Taylor’s Version), this album includes the original tracks as well as nine songs from the vault. While the vocals may be more mature, the emotion and heartache you feel when listening is the same if not stronger.
The vault songs this time around include a track with CMA male vocalist of the year, Chris Stapleton, Swift’s version of “Better Man”, and “Babe”.Up first is “Better Man”. You may recognize the song from Little Big Town who released the single in 2017 as part of their album The Breaker.Since it was left off the original Red album in 2012, Swift decided it should be heard and gave it to Little Big Town. Written by the Pennsylvania native, it won song of the year at the 2017 CMA Awards as well as a GRAMMY for Best County Duo\Group Performance.From adding the London Contemporary Orchestra to the acoustics and the emotional vocals, Swift put her own spin on it and certainly reminded us why it’s award-winning.
Next up is “Babe” which you know from Sugarland’s recording in 2018 where Swift accompanied the duo with her background vocals. Written by Swift and Pat Monahan, the singer-songwriter again made the version unique. Speeding up the tempo, adding the line “what about your promises” before the first verse, and handling the vocals all on her own without backup, she showcases her talent of seamlessly mixing genres.
Bringing it back to her country roots with an acoustic guitar and harmonica, “I Bet You Think About Me” features award-winning artist Chris Stapleton. Written by Lori McKenna and Swift, it fits the breakup theme as it’s filled with shade towards an ex. Stapleton’s role may be minor as he comes in on the chorus but it is certainly impactful. The two vocals blend together flawlessly making the perfect duo.
Overall, Red (Taylor’s Version) may have been her album transitioning away from country music, but she reminded us where she started.We can’t wait to see what other country collaborations she may have in store!
Taylor Swift’s reimagined version of her album ‘Red’ is out now.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future Taylor Swift releases.
Red (Taylor’s Version)is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix
Jason Aldean’s highly-anticipated album, MACON is officially here. The first fifteen tracks of his double album is out now.
Aldean will go down as one of the most successful country artists ever. He has accumulated 26 number one hits, 15 billion streams, and more than 20 million albums sold over his 16-year career. In 2019, the Academy of Country Music awarded him the Dick Clark Artist of the Decade. Aldean’s hometown of Macon, Georgia means a lot to him, which motivated him to name his tenth studio album after it.
“Where you were raised has such a big influence on who you become and for me it’s no different…especially from a music standpoint,” Aldean said in a recent press release. “My little hometown of Macon was heavily instrumental in my musical background. Growing up in an environment that was a crossroads between country music, southern rock, blues and R&B, it was just natural to blend different sounds in my own way.”
Kurt Allison, Tully Kennedy, John Morgan, and Lydia Vaughan were the four main writers on this project, having cuts on four of the nine new songs. Allison and Kennedy are also in Aldean’s touring band and play their instruments on the record as well. Heartbreak and healing share the overarching theme on MACON. In “Over You Again,” the singer finds himself in an endless cycle of falling in and out of love with his ex. When he finally starts to think he’s over her, he shortly backslides and needs to go through the process again. This is the most poppy-track on the record and features backing vocals from an uncredited female. In “This Bar Don’t Work Anymore,” the singer leans on the neon lights to mend his broken heart, but the one he is trying to get over is on the dance floor with another guy.
“They might as well close it down, shut it down, go ‘head and board up the windows and lock the door // “cause this bar don’t work anymore”
John Edwards adds his input to the third track on the album, “That’s What Tequila Does.” Aldean sings about the confidence tequila gives drinkers when trying to get back with an ex. You might think it’s working at first, but it will just leave you disappointed at the end of the day. The quartet also penned the multi-week number one single “If I Didn’t Love You” with Carrie Underwood as well. The two performed the song together for the first time at the CMA Awards earlier this month. Watch here:
The writers of “After You” (Micah Wilshire, Michael Tyler, Thomas Archer) use clever wordplay to portray this former relationship. It started with the man chasing after her and following her every move to trying to figure out what life was “after love, after leaving, after too much drinking, after you.”
The bar is the setting in most of the tracks on this album, and “Story For Another Glass” is no different. Upon taking his seat, he tells the people around him he has no interest in talking about his ex right now. However, that might change a few drinks from now.
“Just wanna pour beer on an ol’ heartbreak // Drink ’em outta José and shoot ’em outta limes // Maybe kiss a stranger in the neon light // Buddy, I know that you’re tryna help // Just don’t remind me I’m goin’ through hell // If I get enough in me, man, I might just crack // But right now, she’s a story for another glass”
Aldean took songs from other major-label recording artists in Brantley Gilbert, Michael Ray and Morgan Wallen. Brantley and Ray co-wrote “Small Town Small” with Taylor and Josh Phillips, Chase McGill, Brock Berryhill, Brian Davis, and Brandon Day. “Small Town Small” is an ode to small town life and the people who rule it. It is the only fun, party song on the album, which is very unlike Aldean.
Fans who are aware of Wallen’s recent history can metaphorically hear him in the “The Sad Songs.” Everything is going great in this new relationship, but the man fears that once she hears about some of his poor past behaviors, she will leave right then and there. Wallen wrote this with Josh Thompson and Brandon Kinney.
Aldean released his Bryan Adams cover of “Heaven” exclusively on Amazon Music in May but is now available everywhere and included on MACON. Although the two singers have very different vocal ranges, Aldean does a great job of creating a new sound and giving the song a new meaning. The first half of the project ends with five live tracks from different shows including “Amarillo Sky,” “Johnny Cash,” “She’s Country,” “Big Green Tractor,” and “My Kinda Party.” Between Macon and Georgia, one song from all nine of Aldean’s previous albums will be represented in live tracks. Click here for the Georgia tracklist which will come out on April 22nd.
MACON Track List
After You
Over You Again
That’s What Tequila Does
Small Town Small
If I Didn’t Love You with Carrie Underwood
Story For Another Glass
Heaven
This Bar Don’t Work Anymore
The Sad Songs
Watching You Love Me
Amarillo Sky (Live from Nashville, TN)
Johnny Cash (Live from Los Angeles, CA)
She’s Country (Live from Las Vegas, NV)
Big Green Tractor (Live from Dallas, TX)
My Kinda Party (Live from St. Louis, MO)
Jason Aldean’s new album ‘MACON’ is available now on all streaming platforms.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Jason Aldean releases.
MACON is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Walker Hayes’ brand new song “AA” is out now. The new track joins songs “Fancy Like” and “U Gurl” for the artist’s forthcoming project Country Stuff the Album, due out January 21, 2022. Learn more about the brand new track below.
Walker Hayes is still flying high on a breakout year. The success he received from “Fancy Like”, which officially went No. 1 this month, allowed for him to release follow up singles like “U Gurl”, “AA”, AND announce his Fancy Like Tour for 2022.
“AA” is Hayes’ latest release off his forthcoming project, Country Stuff The Album. The artist released his 6-track EP – Country Stuff – in Summer 2021 which included the title track, “Fancy Like”, and two other pre-released songs, “I Hope You Miss Me”, and “Make You Cry”. The rather unexpected success of “Fancy Like” allowed for the full album that is set to release on January 21, 2022. It will include the same six songs from the EP, “U Gurl” and “AA”, as well as five more unreleased songs.
A song of typical Hayes fashion with its unique catchy sound and play on words, AA is about trying to make it through the day to day struggles of life, family, parenting and work without hitting the bottle too hard and ending up in AA.
Now that fans are starting to get to know Hayes and his family more and more with not just his rise in fame, but his openness with his family life on social media – his songs are growing more and more relatable. “Fancy Like” let us know all about his love for his wife Laney and Hayes’ social platforms are covered with his day-to-day life with six kids – including his oldest daughter Lela who doubles as his TikTok choreographer.
“AA” gives us a glimpse of what is constantly on Hayes’ mind – like being able to provide for his wife and kids, by writing songs that people will want to hear, all the while steering his kids in the right direction and not letting his wife realize she’s the one that “married down”. Meanwhile, if you ask us – we’re not convinced that either of the two should be saying this!
“I’m just tryna keep my daughters off the pole // And my sons out of jail // Tryna get to church so I don’t go to Hell // I’m just tryna keep my wife from figuring out // That I married up and she married way way down // In Alabama where they love Nick Saben // Tryna write a song the local country station will play // Hey, I’m just tryna stay out of AA”
Walker Hayes’ ‘Country Stuff The Album’ is due out 1/21/22.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Walker Hayes releases.
“AA” is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Brantley Gilbert’s brand new song “How To Talk To Girls” is out today, November 19th, on all streaming platforms. Learn more about the brand new track below.
Country star, Brantley Gilbert is known for his heavy-hitting songs and truth-telling lyrics. It is not often that Gilbert lets his fans in to his softer side, but when he does, it is a true masterpiece. Today, fans get that side of the singer-songwriter with his brand new song “How To Talk To Girls.”
“The more specific I am as a writer, the more I hear other folks say ‘Man, I feel the exact same.’ When it comes to family, the love I have for my wife, son and daughter is simple and straightforward, but getting across how deep it goes is the hard part, and I think that’s something we all share,” shared Gilbert in a press release about the song.
“‘Cause this angel hangs on every word I say // She’s gettin’ so much more from me than my last name // Everything and I can’t hide it // She’s got me at a loss for words // I guess I’m still learnin’ // How to talk to girls”
Inspired by his wife and his daughter, “How To Talk To Girls” is a peek into Gilbert’s sensitive and emotional side. Wearing his heart on his sleeve, it is clear how much the artist loves his family. Vocally, the singer’s voice is at its all-time best. The new song might also be one of Gilbert’s best in his collection of songs.
Brantley Gilbert releases a brand new song, “How To Talk To Girls,” out now.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Brantley Gilbert releases.
“How To Talk To Girls” is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Lauren Davidson’s brand new EP, Hindsight Is 2020 is out now, November 19th on all streaming platforms. Check out the details and listen to the brand new music below.
Local singer-songwriter, Lauren Davidson’s newest collection of songs is her best yet. The seven-song EP features vulnerable tracks like “A Little Love” and “I Don’t Need Your Reason.” Songs like “Silver Linings” depict the more optimistic side of Davidson. The songstress manages to both share her story and relate to her fanbase on each of the seven incredible tracks.
Despite the fact that 2020 was a difficult year for all, Davidson manages to create true art during a tumultuous time. According to the singer, “2020 came with a lot of feelings and emotions, to say the least, and I have never been happier to be a songwriter and artist with an outlet to express myself.” She later added, “I’m proud to release Hindsight Is 2020 – a collection of songs written in 2020, during the quarantine, when life seemed to be standing still – but I wasn’t.”
Listen to the brand new record below!
Hindsight is 2020Track List
Live In The Light
Backfire
Thinking About You
Silver Linings
A Little Love
I Don’t Need Your Reason
Hindsight
Lauren Davidson’s new EP ‘Hindsight Is 2020’ is out now on all streaming platforms.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Lauren Davidson releases.
Hindsight Is 2020 is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Chris Bandi’s brand new song “Probably At A Bar” is out today, November 19th, on all streaming platforms. Learn more about the brand new track below.
As big Chris Bandi fans here at Country Swag, we were excited when we heard he was releasing more new music. The recording artist dropped a brand new song today. “Probably At A Bar” is out now.
Written by Bandi with fellow songwriters, Jason Duke and Jason Massey, the tune is fun, saucy, and completely relatable. According to the singer-songwriter, the track was created during quarantine. “If there was one good thing to come out of being off the road for a while it was being able to write a TON,” shared Bandi in a recent press release. “I got to write ‘Probably At A Bar’ with Jason Massey and Jason Duke and I can’t wait for y’all to hear it!”
“Girl I’m probably at a bar downtown // Ordering another round // of longnecks with my long lost friends // No I know you never really did like them // I am making up for all the time I wasted back when you were mine // You always know it all // It shouldn’t be hard // If you’re looking for me, I’m probably at a bar”
The unapologetic tune is a ‘good riddance’ jam following a break-up. Bandi sings about having the time of his life, after a break-up. We love this side of the “Man Enough” country crooner. “Probably At A Bar” is a must add!
Chris Bandi’s new song “Probably At A Bar” is available now on all streaming platforms.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Chris Bandi releases.
“Probably At A Bar” is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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Tyler Braden’s brand new debut EP, What Do They Know is out now, November 19th on all streaming platforms. Check out the details and listen to the brand new music below.
Warner Music Nashville recording artist, Tyler Braden officially made his major label debut today! The singer-songwriter released his debut project entitled, What Do They Know, out now. Braden co-wrote all of the seven songs on the record, which includes songs like “Ways To Miss You” and the title-track.
According to Braden, “This project is so special to me and the title track are words I live by. It’s about following the dream, whatever that may be to you, and ignoring the naysayers and proving yourself right.” If that does not sound like an EP you must listen to, we do not know what does!
Listen to the brand new, incredible record below.
What Do They KnowTrack List
1. “Better Off” (Tyler Braden/ Jason Nix)
2. “What I See” (Tyler Braden/Mark Holman/James McNair)
3. “Ways To Miss You” (Tyler Braden/Mark Holman/Michael Whitworth)
4. “Try Losing One” (Tyler Braden/Adam Wood/Brian Davis)
5. “She Don’t Care” (Tyler Braden/Mark Holman/James McNair)
6. “Secret” (Tyler Braden)
7. “What Do They Know” (Tyler Braden/Aaron Scherz)
Tyler Braden’s debut EP ‘What Do They Know,’ is out now.
Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Tyler Braden releases.
What Do They Know is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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